Branchiomma luctuosum
Ionian Sea 691 2; Ionian Sea 65628 0; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 816 3; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 9237 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 332 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 19906 0
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Alien: Casual
Transported in ballast water; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal
1st Med record: 1978
1st Med country: Italy
Russo AR (1997) Epifauna living on sublittoral seaweeds around Cyprus. Hydrobiologia 344: 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002970714963
Çinar ME (2005) Polychaetes from the coast of northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea), with two new records for the Mediterranean Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 46: 143-159.
Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A (2009) Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Mediterranean Marine Science 10(2): 109-134. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.113
Read G, Fauchald K (2021) World Polychaeta database. Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130881 on 2021-01-13
Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6